Tito Ortiz says he never hurt porn star

Jenna Jameson walks out of her home wearing an arm brace carrying suitcases with her father Lawrence Massoli in Huntington Beach on Monday. CARLOS DELGADO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Jenna Jameson walks out of her home wearing an arm brace carrying suitcases with her father Lawrence Massoli in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, April 26, 2010. CARLOS DELGADO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Jenna Jameson addresses the media wearing an arm brace outside of her home in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, April 26, 2010. CARLOS DELGADO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Jenna Jameson walks out of her home wearing an arm brace in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, April 26, 2010. Her boyfriend Tito Ortiz was just released on bail for domestic violence charges. CARLOS DELGADO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Adult film actress Jenna Jameson poses on the red carpet at the 2 B Free fashion show at Boulevard3 night club in Los Angeles on Monday, March 19, 2007. DAN STEINBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Actress Jenna Jameson poses on the press line at the premiere for the feature film "The Bucket List" in Los Angeles on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007. DAN STEINBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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UFC fighter Tito Ortiz of Huntington Beach poses after a press conference at the ESPNZone in Anaheim in this 2006 file photo.

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Tito Ortiz, of Huntington Beach, kisses his girlfriend Jenna Jameson during the the Lakers' 102-97 victory over San Antonio THursday night. ///ADDITIONAL INFO: lakers.1214 - 12/13/07 -- Photo by Kevin Sullivan, The Orange County Register -- lakers.p1214.kjs11.jpg -- The Los Angeles Lakers take on the San Antonio Spurs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif, Thursday December 13, 2007.

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Mixed Marital Arts fighter Tito Ortiz said his girlfriend of four years, porn star Jenna Jameson, suffered a drug addiction relapse and he never hurt her.

Jameson said Oritz's allegations are false and "desperate," she told TMZ.

In a press conference that aired on various news stations on Monday night, Ortiz's lawyer, Chip Matthews, did most of the talking and said the disturbance was prompted by Ortiz confronting Jameson on some drugs he found in the house.

"Tito Ortiz never laid a hand on Jenna, never," he said.

Matthews said the adult film star has suffered with an Oxycontin addiction for more than a year and she had threatened to commit suicide.

Jameson contends Ortiz threw her into a bathtub after she said something that bruised his ego, TMZ reported. She says she suffered two torn ligaments in her shoulder from the alleged assault.

TMZ posted two videos — one before the press conference in which she says Ortiz never hit her and one after Ortiz accused her of having a drug addiciton in which she calls him a wife beater.

Ortiz made a brief statement through tears thanking his fans and family for their support. He said he wants to protect his family from the damages of drug addiction.

"Both of my parents had an addiction and I saw a mirror there," he said at the conference. "I'm not going to let my family go through that."

A call came in to the Huntington Beach police at 9:53 a.m. that domestic violence had just occurred at the home on Baruna Lane, according to notes on the police call from Jameson's father. The father's name was not released in the notes.

The caller said a boyfriend had pushed his girlfriend down, according to the notes. Several police units and a crime scene investigation unit responded.

Jameson, who was seen leaving her home wearing big sunglasses, told a TMZ photographer she is going to press charges, TMZ reported.

She told the TMZ photographer: "I'm gonna be all right. My babies are all right. Everything's OK. He's in jail."

Ortiz was held at the Huntington Beach city jail in lieu of $25,000 bail. He was released Monday afternoon through a back exit, avoiding several photographers that were at the police department. He jogged to his white Rolls-Royce in the department's parking lot and left quickly without comment about the incident.

Ortiz was prohibited from returning to the couple's home because of an emergency protective order against him which will last about seven days, police said.

Neighbor Cindy Ross said the children are "always perfectly dressed and smiling."

"They have the cutest little kids," Ross said. "I see them in strollers with the nanny several times a week, but they are never with Tito. ... They're rarely with Jenna, either."

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